Category: Travel Diary
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Porto, Portugal: Douro Valley Wine Tour w/Lunch and a River Cruise
Today is my last day in Porto and the activity that I had planned was via Airbnb Experiences Douro Valley: 2 Boutique Wineries and 1 hr Cruise (and lunch was included). Douro Valley is supposed to be a major producer of wine here in Portugal so I was excited for…
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Porto, Portugal: Black History & Livraria Lello
I don’t know if it was the wine or the sangria that had me out last night but one minute I was posting pictures to my Instgram story and hours later I’m waking up wondering when I fell asleep. After finishing my post I didn’t go back to sleep until…
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Porto, Portugal: Portugal is Calling
I almost canceled my Portugal trip (which I booked 10 months ago) but for some reason couldn’t bring myself to do it. The next 3 months each have a trip in it (March, April and May) and I felt like that might be a bit much but I ended up…
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Christchurch, NZ: Day 11-Waipara Wine Tour
I don’t know why but I didn’t get the best sleep last night and it took me longer than usual to get to sleep. Today is Tuesday now and today is the last day that we have a scheduled activity which is a Waipara Wine Tour with Lunch. Oddly enough…
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Christchurch, NZ: Day 10-Taking on New Heights
To end our free day last night my mom and I ended up binge watching the last half of Squid Game: The Challenge (Trinity made me so mad with his decision but I was content with the ending). We decided to pre-order our Uber for our activity today and then…
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Christchurch, NZ: Day 8-Blokart Land-sailing and Adventure Park Chair Lift
I think that we were both happy at the fact that we got a chance to sleep in this morning. Our 1st activity was originally scheduled for 12pm but due to some lite rain last night and the wind they pushed it back to 12:45pm. First up for today is…
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Christchurch, NZ: Day 7: Christchurch Walking Tour
Last night was a bit up and down for me. We got to Christchurch a little later than expected due to a flight delay and the same goes for the Airbnb (as the home is not facing the road). We needed to do 2 loads of clothes and that seemed…
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Auckland, NZ: Day 4-Dolphin and Whale Watching Eco Cruise
Time seems to be going by quickly for us here in Auckland as it is already Tuesday and we’ll leave for Christchurch Thursday. Today we are doing our last scheduled activity which is a Whale and Dolphin Watching Half Day Eco-Cruise. It’s supposed to (and did) rain today and the…
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Auckland, NZ: Day 3-Skydiving and the Sky Tower
What an exciting day we have planned today! The 1st order of business is that my mom is going to skydive from 13,000 ft with Skydive Auckland. I am happy, nervous and excited for her all at the same time. I believe she is brave to do this because it…
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Auckland, NZ: Day 2-Tours and Sightseeing
Waking up early here was no different than waking up early at home as I found myself awake at 6:30am on this beautiful Sunday. We planned to leave the hotel at 9am to head into the city for our Free Auckland City Walking Tour. The meeting location was near the…
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